The Effect of Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention of Hospital Nurses: Compared to Female Wage Workers

Son, Dong Min; Jung, Young Il

doi:10.17547/kjsr.2019.27.3.268

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“…The nurse participants also stated that they quit work because sick and personal leaves were not sufficiently guaranteed or because of work–life challenges they faced owing to tight work shift schedules. This was similar to results in a previous South Korean study (Son & Jung, 2019) that indicated nurses' work–life balance and job satisfaction were significantly lower and their intention to leave was 20 times higher than that of non‐nursing female wage earners. It is difficult for nurses to balance work and life because they are not provided with adequate resources to buffer job demands such as inflexible shift work schedule and mandatory night duty.…”

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Strategies for reducing hospital nurse turnover in South Korea: Nurses' perceptions and suggestions

Yun

2021

J Nurs Manag

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Aim To explore the South Korean nurses' perspectives on the current hospital working conditions in order to identify causes of persistent high turnover rates among the nurses. Background High turnover rates of hospital nurses continue to pose a serious challenge to South Korean health care system despite the government's recent efforts to improve working conditions. Many studies in the past had examined factors related to the turnover and provided only a partial understanding of turnover predictors. However, nurses' perceptions on the current working conditions must be considered to explore possible causes of continued high turnover, to identify solutions and to improve working conditions by addressing nurses' concerns. Method This study is a qualitative study using focus group interviews with 33 nurses from 11 South Korean hospitals. Results Three main themes and eight subthemes related to reducing hospital nurse turnover were identified. Conclusions To address hospitals' nursing shortages in South Korea, it is important to address poor work environments. Implication for Nursing Management This study showed that more transformational policies should be developed and implemented to change working conditions by reducing excessive workloads and improve how nurses are treated and viewed so as to retain existing nurses and ease the nurse turnover rates.

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Strategies for reducing hospital nurse turnover in South Korea: Nurses' perceptions and suggestions

Yun

2021

J Nurs Manag

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“…The level of stress was measured using seven items each having a 4-point Likert scale. One item with a lower factor loading was excluded, as in the approach used by Son and Jung (2019). One of included items is "I don't have anyone to talk with about my serious problem."…”

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The association between health status and job satisfaction among female workers: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

Bae

2021

Nursing & Health Sciences

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The purpose of this study was to determine the job satisfaction among female workers in Korea and the association between health status and job satisfaction. The Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families was used for this nationwide cross-sectional study. Data from 1570 female workers were analyzed to determine job satisfaction and examine the association between health status and job satisfaction, controlling for other variables such as personal characteristics, work attributes, job opportunities, and work conditions. Analyses included descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation, and multivariate regression. Subjective health status was positively related, while diagnosed disease and depressive symptoms were negatively associated with job satisfaction. Monthly salary, work hours, fringe benefits, and geographical region were also significantly related to female workers' job satisfaction, and commute distance was related to job satisfaction with a small effect size. This study thus found that subjective health status, diagnosed disease, and depressive symptoms were related to female workers' job satisfaction. Health promotion and supporting mental health among female workers may be important managerial strategies for supporting increased job satisfaction in female workers.female workers, health status, job satisfaction, South Korea, mental health Key points• Health status such as subjective health status, diagnosed disease, and depressive symptom of female workers were related to job satisfaction.

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“…Women's increasing participation in economic activities and the growing social awareness of quality of life have been accompanied by an increasing interest in work-life balance among women. The popular conceptualization of work-life balance has recently changed to emphasize the balance between an individual's entire work and non-work life, rather than solely focusing on the balance between work and family life [1]. Issues around work-life balance and imbalance can apply to both men and women, but familial pressure related to childbirth and child rearing is traditionally higher for women, which increases the burden of work-life imbalance on women [2].…”

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“…Work-life imbalance has a negative effect on an individual's physical and psychological health [1]. A study by Camerino et al [3] found that work-life conflict had a significant association with presenteeism.…”

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“…A review of the literature on the work environment, work-life imbalance, psychological and physical health issues, and presenteeism demonstrated that studies on the associations between work-life balance and job satisfaction and between work hours and work-life imbalance constituted the majority of research [1,21], while studies that assessed the relationships among variables according to differences in work-life balance were lacking. There is a lack of studies on the associations between variables stratified by differences in work-life imbalance.…”

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The Effects of Work Characteristics Related to Work–Life Imbalance on Presenteeism among Female Workers in the Health and Social Work Sectors: Mediation Analysis of Psychological and Physical Health Problems

Hwang

Jung

2021

IJERPH

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This study is a multigroup path analysis aiming to create a theoretical model of presenteeism among female workers in the health and social work sectors, assess the mediating effects of mental health problems (sleeping trouble and psychological wellbeing), and physical health problems (fatigue and muscle aches) on the relationship between work characteristics (demands at work and social community at work) and presenteeism, and identify the differences between the effects of variables on those who reported low work–life imbalance and high work–life imbalance. Raw data from the fifth Korean Working Conditions Survey (KWCS) were analyzed. From the total sample of 50,205 people, 2209 women in health and social work were included in the study sample. The results were as follows: the demands at work had a significant and positive indirect effect on presenteeism (B = 0.0023, p < 0.001), mediated by trouble sleeping, fatigue, and muscle aches, in that order. Demands at work were also found to have a significant and negative indirect effect on presenteeism (B = −0.0017, p < 0.001), mediated by psychological wellbeing, fatigue, and muscle aches, in descending order. Social community at work had a significant and negative indirect effect on presenteeism (B = −0.0022, p < 0.001), mediated by trouble sleeping, fatigue, and muscle aches, in that order. Social community at work also had a significant and negative effect on presenteeism, mediated by psychological wellbeing, fatigue, and muscle aches, in descending order (B = −0.0097, p < 0.001). Demands at work did not have a significant effect on psychological wellbeing in the low work–life imbalance group, whereas its effect was significant and positive (β = 0.198, p < 0.001) in the high work–life imbalance group. In conclusion, in the path model of the low work–life imbalance group, demands at work did not influence psychological wellbeing. Therefore, strategies to ameliorate work–life imbalance may be helpful components of interventions to reduce presenteeism.

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The Effect of Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention of Hospital Nurses: Compared to Female Wage Workers

Abstract: This article is based on a part of the first author's doctoral dissertation from University.

Cited by 10 publications

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Strategies for reducing hospital nurse turnover in South Korea: Nurses' perceptions and suggestions

Strategies for reducing hospital nurse turnover in South Korea: Nurses' perceptions and suggestions

The association between health status and job satisfaction among female workers: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

The Effects of Work Characteristics Related to Work–Life Imbalance on Presenteeism among Female Workers in the Health and Social Work Sectors: Mediation Analysis of Psychological and Physical Health Problems

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